New waterfront residences at ParkLane Homes’ Bedford Landing community in Fort Langley offer homebuyers unparalleled views of the Fraser River ›› p.4
August 27, 2009
Wake up to the Fraser in Fort Langley Waterfront residences are selling at ParkLane Homes’ Bedford Landing Majestic and mighty, the historic Fraser River slowly wends its way toward the Pacific Ocean, its waters rippling in lazy swirls and lapping at the shoreline along the way. Nestled in a picturesque enclave fronting the river’s Bedford Channel, Waterfront at Bedford Landing is Fort Langley’s first “The and only apartment community ever response constructed on the has been Fraser River. Built incredible. by ParkLane Homes, the entire Bedford We have development been selling Landing comprises several difout quicker ferent home types in than we ever a 78-acre community. Waterfront homes – could have apartment residences expected.” designed to maximize the views of the river and surrounding neighbourhood – are now more than 75 per cent sold. Designed exclusively for active adults aged 45-plus, Waterfront also includes eight limited edition townhomes with unobstructed water views, all featuring private and secure parking and a front door leading directly to the riverfront walkway. While only 17 of the 70 apartment residences remain for sale and ready to move into this fall, sales for the townhomes will start in September. “Imagine waking up to this view every day,” says sales manager Ken Klassen. As well as the riverfront scenery, the CONTINUED ON P.4
Peter Simpson, CEO of the Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association, is among many in B.C.’s housing industry who are concerned about how the HST will affect new homebuyers. Tricia Leslie photo
Disharmony over HST growing Harmonized Sales Tax is not fair, say industry leaders TRICIA LESLIE More than 107,000 members have joined the ‘No B.C. HST’ Facebook group. The NDP’s petition to stop the Harmonized Sales Tax has more than 40,000 signatures. The anti-HST tweets on Twitter are
too numerous to count. The B.C. Real Estate Association has created a website solely for people to express their concerns about the HST. And former B.C. premier Bill Vander Zalm is leading the charge against the provincial government’s plan to harmonize the GST and PST (provincial sales tax), by organizing a rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Sept. 19 as a “kickoff for a people’s initiative against the HST.” Despite the outraged opposition against
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the plan to implement the HST, the B.C. government insists the harmonization plan is “the best thing” for the province’s economy and its residents. But many in the real estate industry are wondering how that can be so, when the HST will add thousands onto the price of an average home in every B.C. Census Metropolitan Area except Prince George, which is the only CMA in B.C. where the average CONTINUED ON P.2